Marco Mizzau (Rome, December 27, 1977) is a global CEO and Strategic Advisor with over 26 years of experience leading business growth, large-scale transformation, and performance acceleration across the industrial, financial, healthcare, and public sectors. With a track record of success in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Public Services, and with hands-on operational depth and international reach, Marco Mizzau is recognized for driving turnarounds, executing bold growth strategies, and delivering exceptional financial results under pressure.

Marco Mizzau is the Chairman and CEO of PrivateEquity.Ai, an independent research platform dedicated to reimagining the future of private equity through the lens of artificial intelligence. By fusing advanced AI technologies with strategic human insight, Mr. Mizzau is pioneering a new approach to investing—one that bridges the gap between SMEs, startups, and investment capital, from private equity to venture funds. Operating at the intersection of data science, corporate finance, and machine learning, PrivateEquity.AI acts as a living lab: we explore new frameworks, prototype tools, and build open-access knowledge to empower investors, advisors, and founders with augmented intelligence. We do not sell products. We don’t follow obsolete consulting paths.

From June 2023 to July 2024, Mr. Mizzau served as the Chief Executive Officer of Consip, the largest and most important Central Purchasing Body in Italy. Under his leadership, the company achieved the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) goal of full digitalization, transparency, and sustainability of the procurement cycle two years ahead of schedule. During his tenure, Consip took on a strategic role for the country, becoming a key lever for industrial policy, a tool for public finance management, and an enabler of the national spending review. Thanks in part to the consolidation of 21 institutional agreements, Consip reached an annual procurement volume of €27.2 billion (equal to 1.8% of Italy’s GDP), effectively becoming the “Amazon of Public Administration” and generating €4 billion in savings for the state budget.

From 2019 to 2023, Marco Mizzau served as Chief Executive Officer of InarCassa, one of the most influential Italian institutional investors and private pension funds. In just two years, he steered the organization to €14 billion in assets, €1.5 billion in revenues, and a contributor base of over 200,000 professionals. Under his leadership, the institution delivered outstanding financial and operational results, championing strategic, long-term investments in the real economy and private markets. He defined and launched the 2020–2025 Industrial Plan, the Digital Transformation Strategy, and the 2022–2026 Cybersecurity Plan, all while rebuilding a transparent and constructive relationship with Trade Unions—a rare blend of innovation and inclusion in public finance.

Back in 2012, Marco Mizzau joined Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital Holding, where he served until 2019 as Chief Operating Officer. There, he transformed the group into a national leader in Healthcare, Real Estate, and Higher Education—combining mission and margin to generate long-term sustainable returns for stakeholders. He led feasibility studies for the development of key infrastructure: a new ER facility, a nursing home, a long-term care center, and a hospice. He also implemented cutting-edge energy efficiency solutions (including LED systems, a trigenerator, and integrated BMS platforms) that slashed operational costs by 60% over five years, while optimizing personnel, goods, and services by €12 million—a case study in operational excellence.

At only 26 years old, Marco Mizzau was appointed Executive. From 2006 to 2012, he worked at Accenture, helping build the Finance & Performance Management practice across Italy, Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East. He led complex finance transformation programs for top-tier executives at global corporations like Eni, Enel, Acea, Electrabel, Italcementi, and major infrastructure groups. His methodologies were later scaled to international industrial giants such as Endesa, ARAMCO, KPC, KNPC, PIC, ENROC, and ADNOC—bringing Italian consulting innovation to the global stage.

At just 24, Marco Mizzau was promoted to Manager and joined Ernst & Young Financial Business Advisory, where he helped grow the Transportation Practice across Italy and Europe. He advised CEOs and CFOs of Poste Italiane, Ansaldo, Finmeccanica, national airports, and Alitalia on industrial plans, restructuring programs, due diligence projects, and market-entry strategies—contributing to the transformation of national champions.

In 2000, Mr. Mizzau joined the Holding of the Italian Railway Group—the nation’s most strategic infrastructure player—as CEO Staff, where he was directly involved in industrial planning and the landmark privatization process of the Group.

Even before completing his degree, in 1999, Mr. Mizzau started his career as a Financial Analyst at KPMG Consulting, developing business plans for key industrial conglomerates and setting the foundation for a career dedicated to building value across sectors.

Marco Maria Luchino Mizzau earned his economics degree with honors, specializing in finance, at the age of 22 from LUISS “Guido Carli” University in Rome.

He later completed executive education programs at St. Charles School of Business (Chicago), IESE, Wharton, INSEAD, SDA Bocconi, and Harvard Business School—affirming a lifelong commitment to learning, leadership, and global thinking.